''Dark Recollections'' is the only album by the death metal band, Carnage, released in 1990. It was originally released as a split CD with Cadaver's debut album '' Hallucinating Anxiety'' on the

Earache Records Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York. The label helped to pioneer extreme metal by rel ...

sublabel Necrosis. Some of the songs were later re-recorded by

Dismember Dismemberment is the act of cutting, ripping, tearing, pulling, wrenching or otherwise disconnecting the limbs from a living or dead being. It has been practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, especially in connection with ...

. ''Dark Recollections'' is the only album released by Carnage; the band had broken up by the time the album hit the streets. It was later reissued by Earache Records with eight additional tracks, taken from the demos for ''The Day Man Lost'' and ''Infestation of Evil''. "Deranged From Blood", "Death Evocation", "Blasphemies Of The Flesh" and "Self Dissection" previously appeared on Dismember demos circa 1988–1989, before Fred Estby and David Blomqvist joined Carnage. Dismember also officially recorded "Death Evocation" (a bonus track on reissues of '' Like an Ever Flowing Stream'') and "Torn Apart" (on the '' Pieces'' EP).

Track listing

*All songs written by Carnage.

Personnel on Original Release

* Matti Kärki - vocalsRelease Information as found at discogs; retrieved 12-21-19
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Michael Amott Michael Amott (born 28 July 1969) is a Swedish guitarist, founding member of the metal bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars and Carnage, as well as a former member of Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott. Amott was ranked No ...

- guitar, bass (on original version of the album) * David Blomqvist - guitar * Johnny Dordevic - bass (credited but did not play on the album) *

Fred Estby Fred Estby (born 14 March 1972) is a Swedish drummer. He is best known as the drummer and main songwriter of the Swedish death metal band Dismember. Before he played drums in the band Carnage. Estby appeared in various other projects including ...

- drums (also on bonus tracks 17 and 18)

Personnel on Bonus Tracks

*Johan Axelsson: Vocals (tracks 11-18), bass (tracks 11-16) *Fred Blomkvist: Guitars *Michael Amott: Guitars *Johnny Dordevic: Bass (on tracks 17-18) *Jeppe Larsen: Drums (on tracks 11-16)

Production

*Produced by Carnage and Tomas Skogsberg *Recording and Mix Engineer: Tomas Skogsberg *

Dan Seagrave Daniel Seagrave (born 1970) is a British artist, who created many record covers for death metal bands especially in the early 1990s. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in Ravenshead, near Nottingham. Seagrave's works are typically ...

- Cover artwork

References

{{Authority control 1990 debut albums Carnage (band) albums Albums with cover art by Dan Seagrave Earache Records albums